
True story of Clarence Gideon's fight to be appointed counsel at the expense of the state. This landmark case led to the Supreme Court's decision which extended this right to all criminal defendants.

Henry Fonda
Clarence Earl Gideon

José Ferrer
Abe Fortas

John Houseman
Chief Justice / Offscreen Narrator

Fay Wray
Edna Curtis


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April 30, 1980
1h 44m
6.4
Robert L. Collins
Anthony Lewis
12

Gideon Productions
N/A

Worldvision Enterprises
US

Dean Jagger
6th Supreme Court Justice

Sam Jaffe
1st Supreme Court Justice

Nicholas Pryor
Jacob

William Prince
5th Supreme Court Justice

Lane Smith
Fred Turner

Richard McKenzie
Judge Robert McCrary
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